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Show " : 2 ii ii & liii & ii it a n a o a"j TAXPAYERS IN ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT! HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Property taxes are already too high. Alpine The tax is not limited to homes. This tax f School district property taxes are already . boost will also apply to cars, trucks, boats, among the highest in the state. Only ten of the airplanes, recreational vehicles, farm ' ' n forty school districts in Utah have a higher equipment, business machinery, factories " property tax rate. Statewide, the average and commercial buildings, school tax on an $80,000 home is $383. The - Alpine School district tax on the same home Ti . . .. ... Cf is $405. if the voted leeway is approved the There ls no grantee that the money will Alpine tax will jump to $443, or 16 more than be Used for the Specified purposes. There the state average. is nothing in the law to prevent all of these ' new funds from going for salary increases. The Governor, Legislature, and both major 10 O political parties have already promised a 23 of Utah's 40 School districts provide massive tax increase for schools next year. excellent educational programs without this Why should we give Alpine Schools two tax voted leeway property tax. Alpine Schools O increases? should follow their example. c Current economic conditions do not favor n . ... . . . .. ... . O . . . . , , Our kids will get a good education without nigner taxes. Many people are unemployed. .. . ... . , , Small business is suffering. Property tax tne tax nike- The state basic scho1 Program m r. delinquencies are up. U.S. Steel is closed and guarantees every school district the same " may not reopen. Alpine District should be number of dollars per Weighted Pupil Unit cutting taxes, not increasing them. regardless of student growth or size of the tax base. In addition, Alpine District gets a M The leeway tax increase is not Offset by disproportionately large share of other state ...... and federal money. This guarantees that v reductions in Other areas. When Provo and Aipine school District will never be Ogden School Districts recently passed voted substandard in the money it needs to educate leeway elections, they agreed to lower other our s levies by economizing in non-operating areas u of their budgets. Because there was no net tax increase, voters approved the leeway tax. Taxpayers are asked to Sacrifice while school J f Alpine School District has not agreed to administrators continue to receive huge reduce its other levies. Passage of the leeway salary increases by changing their titles and would result in a large net tax increase. claiming special allowances. When are they "v ' going to sacrifice? The tax increase could become permanent. The increase is not a short-term tax to meet . ,, . . ... V. O temporary needs. It is not a bond election to Passage Of the leeway tax Would be pay for school buildings. After the ten years, counterproductive. Much-needed changes in the school district will ask voters to our school system will be delayed if we '' O re-authorize the tax. Once approved, there continue to pump additional money into a will likely be no end to the tax increase. system that refuses to correct itself. y Leeway supporters are counting on a low voter turnout to enable a few special c, interests to force this tax increase on all of us. They have refused to place the issue on the regular November ballot and are spending thousands of dollars k--, 0 of school funds for a special election. YOUR ABSENCE AT THE POLLS IS A VOTE FOR HIGHER TAXES! Paid by Utah County Members of the Utah Taxpayers Association 1 J", - ', J'. J , , ,t w ... I.- ', r,- . .IM. . ?A t 1... . .1. . .1. ?A 2 ...1 fori lgLjJM ' 3oz.lnsulated fftffe j i 'fflTrf ' Coveralls TMKW ,1. K , 1 S-M-L-XL Jj)J) . 4ljfS y ! yfk i 4 oz. Insulated .. dyP ad : It '4 1 KM 15025, Grey Brown Duck JackpotTeam 1 l li .$5395 RPer Jackets tl" 1 1 1 Add5,orXXL'10,orXXXL with Knit Collar rl3uO $4495 VM Plaid l slSjtlllib Flannel " : tA AMERICAN FORK PAYSON SPANISH FORK PROVO U 521 West 200 No. 444 East 1st No. Cannery Road 55 West 5th So. " 56-9604 465-4815 . 798-7418 373-7680 j |